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'Not by bread alone': Deaf, blind Israeli theater

January 25, 2013 4:34 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

Theater company Nalaga'at presents quot;Not By Bread Alonequot;

Photo credit: Liron Almog | Theater company Nalaga'at presents "Not By Bread Alone" at NYU Skirball Center in Manhattan, through Feb. 3, 2013. Members of the company, based in Tel Aviv, are deaf and blind.

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Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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